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· 4/30/1993

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. v. Superior Court

Citations

  • 15 Cal. App. 4th 547
  • 19 Cal. Rptr. 2d 24
  • 93 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3212
  • 93 Daily Journal DAR 5489
  • 1993 Cal. App. LEXIS 472

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that two separate causes of action, for strict products liability and breach of express and implied warranties, could be treated as “equivalent, alternative methods of pleading the same basic theory of liability” under the circumstances
  • “We do not have the power to create for the parties a contract 16 that they did not make and cannot insert language that one party now wishes were there.”
  • “In actions premised on strict products liability, just as in actions premised on negligence, an element of foreseeability is involved; liability may not be imposed unless the injury results from a use of the product which is reasonably foreseeable.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Huffman

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